Guy-rope anchor.



J. BILBIE. GUY ROPE ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1914.

1, 1 1 3,869. Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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JOE BiLBIE, or MATEWAN, wns'r VIRGINIA.

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Application filed May 2, 1914. $eria1No. 835,991.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1 914.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, Jon BILBIE, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Matewan, in the county of Mingo and State of West Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guy-Rope Anchors,of which the following is a specifica tion, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to guy rope anchors.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of this characterwhich shall be adapted for use in connection with mining of any kind, inwhich the use of guy ropes machines, in rock quarries, or with derricksis necessary, and have to be anchored to rocks or trees, theconstruction of the device being such that when once seated in theobject, whether it be a rock, or a tree, the greater the strain or draftapplied to the guy rope the greater will be the holding capacity of theanchor, so that accidental unseating of the latter while in use will bepositively prevented, and further, so to construct the anchor that itmay readily be released from the object with which it is combined. Withthe above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction andarrangement of parts of a guy rope anchor, as will behere inafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference designate corresponding parts:Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the anchor, the locked positionof the grip being indicatedby dotted lines; Fig.2 is a top plan view ofthe anchor; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken on the line3-3 of Fig. 2.

The anchor comprises a stock designated generally 1, and a gripdesignated generally 2, these parts being constructed preferably of softsteel. The stock is approximately a flat structure and is provided atone end with a hook 3 around which the guy rope or cable will besecured,

and which is of less width than the stock, the other end of the latterbeing provided with a cam face 4, the face of the stock between the baseand the inner end of the cam being gradually inclined outward, so thatthe stock as a whole, when viewed from the side, is

approximately wedge shaped. Adjacentto the hook end of the slot there isprovided a longitudinal slot 5, which is preferably of rectangular form,and is designed to be engaged bya lug 6 disposed at right angles to thelength of the grip, and being transversely reduced in width, so that theouter sides of the grip and stock may be in alinement. The lug projectsbeyond the outer face of the "stock and is provided with a transverseorifice 7 to receive a cotter pin 8 by which the two members of theanchor are held as-. sembled. The slot 5is considerably longer thanthatportion of the lug which is dis posed therein, so that the stock "willbe permitted to have free longitudinal movement through an extendedrange relative to the grip. The inner face of the grip is inclined manopposite direction to the faceof the stock, and its outer end isprovided with a cam 9 designed to coact with the cam 4, and terminatesin an outturned spur which is inset normally upon the ad acent end ofthe stock. a

In the use of the device, a hole is drilled in a tree or rock. ofsufiicient size to receive the combined stock and grip, and the twoparts assembled, as shown in Fig. 1, are inserted .in the hole, the lugresting against the outer wall of the slot 5. The guy rope is nowattached to the hook 3, and upontension being exerted upon the former,longitudinal outward movement is imparted to the stock which will causethe cam 4 to ride against the cam 9 and thereby force the spur outwardand into the wall of the hole. As will be apparent, the greater thestrain on the cable or rope, the greater will be the gripping or bitingaction of the spur, so that accidental separation or releasing of theanchor from the wall of the hole will be positively prevented. When itis desired to release the anchor, it will only be necessary to drive thestock inward byimpact upon the hook, thus to relieve the spur fromengagement with the wall of the hole, whereupon the anchor will be freeto be removed.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that although theimprovementsherein described are, simple incharacter, that they will bethoroughly efficient for the. purposes designed, and will coact in thepresentation of a practical and positively acting anchor.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isfz v i Agiiyropeanehor comprising asit'oek pr o vvl'x'en seated in an opening,lateral play of 1'3 vided' at one end with a hook and at its other theanchor therein will be precluded. end With a cam and intermediate ofitsends In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my with a longitudinal slot,a grip having one signature in the presence of two Witnesses. endprovided with a transversely orificed lug JOE BILBIE to engage the slotand its other end with an upstanding spur and With a cam to engageWVitnesses: that of the stoek, the stock and grip being C. W.OvERsTREE'r, of the same Width from end to end, whereby H. M. COLEMAN.

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